There’ll be a 35% wage rise for some health professionals; 27.8% for early childhood workers; and up to 10.9% for pathology collectors. These rises will incorporate the 15% increases recently secured ...

The exceptional case is Queensland where the LNP won three seats in 2019 with one each for Labor, Greens and Malcolm Roberts of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party. This time Labor will get two so the ...

The national average price of unleaded petrol has tumbled to $1.79 a litre but who can’t remember seeing prices topping $2 in recent times? Helping KO high prices has been the surprise increase in ...

Let’s look at these ‘promises’ by starting with Albo’s offerings: Every worker gets a $1,000 standard tax deduction of ...

The scarier and crazier that the Trump tariff stories are, the more fear will be generated about the global and individual economies, and rates will fall as a consequence. In the short term, stocks ...

It was an historic rally yesterday on the strength of President Donald Trump’s backdown on his reciprocal tariffs, but the economists have done their numbers, and the new figuring says his tax slugs ...

Canada and Australia make for an interesting compare/contrast exercise. Their similarites begin with the fact of King Charles III being the Sovereign, even to the point of his head being on their ...

Love them or hate them, it was the reactions of financial markets (stocks and bonds) that has taught Donald J. Trump a powerful lesson. And God I’m glad he was smart enough to heed the market’s ...

The share price drop of Apple since tariff talk got serious is 33% and a US$259 stock is now $172.42. The share price hasn’t had such a horror slump since the GFC!

Since Trump’s tariffs started to spook stock markets, our stock market is down 14%. If you’re a growth investor with $500,000 in super, Trump has cost you $70,000. If you’re a balanced investor, the ...